Don’t Wait Until It’s Too Late. Because if you do, you will have to wait another 3 years to share YOUR opinions about Charles County’s health needs. Help us, help you, help the community by taking a 10-minute anonymous survey about your health needs and those of your friends and family in Charles County. The deadline is October 1, 2014.

November marks National COPD Month, and in two days, it will be World COPD Day. COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, which according to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), specifically refers to, “two other respiratory diseases: chronic bronchitis and emphysema. These two diseases often, though not always, appear together in the same patient.”